Nope, me too.
Z
On 8/31/06, Jon Heese <shotimes@jonheese.com> wrote:
>
> This just came into my inbox today (header timestamp says it's from
> 4/3/2005)... Did anyone else just get this or am I the only one?
>
> Regards,
> Jon Heese
>
> Donald Mallinson wrote:
> > This was probably a fool that had that much money to blow without
> > missing it. Oh, he could be just a fool that is now broke, but probably
> > not.
> >
> > "Famous personality or star cars" are a real unknown in the collector
> > car world. This one really surprised me because Buicks in general are
> > not desirable, Jay Leno's Restified Mod car being an exception. This
> > one is probably going to a museum collection where it may help to bring
> > in an extra $25 per day and pay itself off in about 160 years!
> >
> > :)
> >
> > Don Mallinson
> >
> > Kenneth Epperly wrote:
> >
> >> A fool and his money are soon parted. Seem like more money than he
> >> knows what to do with.
> >>
> >> imho, Ken
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Prochilo"
> >> <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
> >> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> >> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:53 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] opal frost
> >>
> >>
> >>> I guess what impressed me the most about it was how the auctioneer
> first
> >>> called the eventual winner a cheapskate when he upped the bid by only
> >>> $25K, and then finally when they were in the smaller increments close
> to
> >>> $1.3M the guy that phoned in bumped his finally bid by $200K and put
> the
> >>> dagger in the heart of the other guy. Wicked.
> >>> --
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Carl Prochilo
> >>> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, April 3, 2005 10:31 am, Mark Nunnally said:
> >>>
> >>>>> Did you see that Howard Hughes' (at least I assume it was his from
> the
> >>>>> commercial) 1953 Buick Roadmaster sold for $1.5M in West Palm Beach
> at
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> Barrett/Jackson auction?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Yeah I saw that, whatever floats your boat!
> >>>>
> >>>> I sat there thinking I could buy 40 acres, a 7500 sq ft house, a
> >>>> 2000 sq
> >>>> ft
> >>>> garage, and any choice of 911/Z06/Ferarri late models and still have
> >>>> a few
> >>>> hundred K left for the 'ole IRA :)
> >>>>
> >>>> Saw they Ford GT go for $230k I think? Pretty good investment if
> >>>> you got
> >>>> out the door for $160k from the dealer a few months ago. 2 of them
> >>>> were
> >>>> at
> >>>> the last track day here, they sound goofy coming (that '03
> >>>> Cobra/Lightning
> >>>> blower whine) but sound good going.
> >>>>
> >>>> mark
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Zach Leahy
Fort Wayne, IN
2006 BMW R1200GS - Rock Red
1992 SHO MTX - Arrest Me Red
1993 SHO MTX - Green Racecar
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